That quarterly payment would go from $2 million to $2.75 million if the tribe takes full advantage of its slot machine cap, according to the deal. Graton’s new compact also increases the amount of money the rancheria pays into the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, an allocation that benefits nongaming tribes, according to a Friday news release from the tribe. The gaming floor expansion could give the facility the second largest slot floor in all of California only Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland, owned and operated by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, has more, with 7,000 slot machines.
The deal comes as the tribe is pursuing plans to enlarge not only its gaming floor but its hotel space outside Rohnert Park, positioning itself as an even more dominant player in the local hospitality market and California’s $8 billion annual tribal gaming industry. It would allow the number of authorized slot machines at the casino to go from 3,000 to 6,000. The new, 200-page agreement between the state and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria replaces a compact signed in 2012. Gavin Newsom’s office that will allow it to to double its number of slot machines, advancing a planned expansion first announced last year. The tribe that owns Graton Resort and Casino, the Bay Area’s largest gaming destination, has reached a new compact with Gov.
